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GM Wesley taught him a thing or 2 about endgame technique. Even though I am told that Wesley also didn't play as accurately as the position demanded. I would like to see Karpov's comments on that game, I am sure the great positional master would have a field day analysing this game and making corrections.

But give the kid some credit, he consistently beats 2300 rated players with black, and that's no mean feat. Consistency is important at this stage.

The penultimate round of Reykjavik Open, GM Wesley So of the Philippines played against GM Marci Dziuba. The Polish GM choose the Caro-Kann Defense and Wesley So demonstrated that he was very well prepared to face the opening. The game became exciting when the Filipino GM went for a Queen sacrifice in exchange of a rook and bishop. The position was very sharp and Wesley claimed a winning advantage with exchange sacrifice. A very nice sequence finished in checkmate on move 41. (source: Susan Polgar)

Reykjavik Open 2013 Feb 27, 2013 : 3-way tie for 1st place. GM Wesley So, Pavel Elajanov & Amin bassem. With draw with the black pieces against Eljanov on Top Board, Wesley So has offially crossed the 2700 mark. He is now the first Filipino and American college player to achieve this feat.

Since the original title of this article seemed to unintentionally mislead some members and confuse others, I've added "Current" on the front of it. Is that better? I've also amended the article slightly.

Just to repeat, if anyone is still unclear...Wei Yi is the youngest GM in the world right now, and the fourth youngest person ever to be a GM.

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